Problem

Ambiguity


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Nature:

Ambiguity is the type of meaning in which a phrase, statement, or resolution is not explicitly defined, making for several interpretations; others describe it as a concept or statement that has no real reference. A common aspect of ambiguity is uncertainty. It is thus an attribute of any idea or statement whose intended meaning cannot be definitively resolved, according to a rule or process with a finite number of steps. (The prefix ambi- reflects the idea of "two", as in "two meanings").

The concept of ambiguity is generally contrasted with vagueness. In ambiguity, specific and distinct interpretations are permitted (although some may not be immediately obvious), whereas with vague information it is difficult to form any interpretation at the desired level of specificity.

Broader Problems:
Uncertainty
Related Problems:
Difference
Incompatibility
Strategies:
Creating ambiguity
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
14.06.2018 – 15:28 CEST